Decorative embroidery



Aug. 28. 1928.

A. BERGMAN DECORATIVE EMBROIDERY Fild May 28, 1927 v v INVENTOR.

Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR BERGMAN, OI? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR; T0 TRUSOGRAJE. 00241903151- T'ION, OF'NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION 015 NEW YQIHK.

DECORATIVE EMBROIDERY.

Application filed May 23,

as heridlrerchiets, towels and other articles.

"i lmbroidering may he done by machinery but many people prefer to personally apply the decorative embroidery designs upon the articles in the home, and without in :hiocry.

it is the principal object oi the present invention to provide decorative embroidery, which may he sold as such and then readily stitched to o piece, such as a, hondkerchiel' or the like, to be decorated.

In the drawings which show, for illustraiive purposes only, preferred forms of the invention- Fig. l, is a fragmentary View of a piece, such a handkerchief, having decorative ei'i'ihroidcry designs applied thereto and illustrative of my invention;

Flog. 2t fragmentary View of decorative embroidery shown considerably enlarged and illus rating features of the invention;

Fig. 3, is a fregicientery view illustrative of certain steps in Hie process of producing the decorative embroidery;

Fl l, is a fragmentary View of decorative embroidery, illus rating o modification;

Fig. 5, is o VlQ'W similar to Fig. 2 and. illustrating a further modification.

In said drawings, 5 indicates generally a. conventional design of decorative emoroiclor lhc s}? ciiic design illustiu-ited being the letter ii. In producing the embroidery design: illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,1 may start with El iiounclation. (3, preferably of silk or other suitable fabric. A plurality of .imi'nrllly extending Ushopcd thread loops '1 may he formed in the foundation 6, as indicated in llf 'ig. 3, arranged in parallel series outlining the design, and the design then embroidered with the regular cross stitches 8, the cross stitches extending across the space between the parallel series of loops and closing the openings of: the inner ends of the successive Uehopecl loops, leaving Ll series of openings or eyelets each enclosed by one of the loops, as indicated somewhat diogrommotically in Figures 2 and 4. The pm pose'o'f these separately formed series oi loops is to provide a relatively substantial 192?. Serial No. 194,928.

means for attaching the finished embroidery design upon the article to which it is to he applied, by stitching through the successive openings provided by these loops, as Will he explained hereinafter. It Will be understood that the thread loops T Will. be rather small, to he inconspicuous, and will very closely follow the contour of the particular dc j in the drawings the thread loops-coil their spacing are exaggerated soiiiewhst for the sake of clarity of iilustration. The thread. loops and the corloroidcry may mode simultoneoosly, or the thread. loops may he first formed coinplele and the embroidery then. made. In either event, it is the object to securely hold the thread loops to the embroidery design and, hy forming the thread, loops and then i, emhroidering over the inner ends 5 loops, the letter securely CllGl0(l to the decorative ei'i'iloroii'ic y. ii If desired, the foundation materiel enclosed Within the thread. loops may be punched out to form eyelets, are indicated at fil -l or, if desired, the ml may he left intact, and the needle sii'nply passed through the openings enclosed by the loops and founilzi lion material when the ort-icde is applied to the piece.

After the finished embroidery has been formed the fomidci'zion iiinl'eriel 6 preler- 2 silly cut oil lllOllf (he outer odgesoif the of thread loo} M order lo form more sol) stauiial l'hrezio loops or eyelets I prefer to stitch the adja nt sides of the successive thread loops to slitchml portions forming the pi ihe rlci'torzitive emhroidcrj; (flee tch the foundetio'o material to the outer SlUR-H oi the l'lirceil loops. Such stilching is indicated at l-.-l'. Strong, suhsl'mitiol, open eyelets are thus formed extend ng completely about the out-- line of embroidery contour. it is, ofcourse, to he 'llnClQI'SiOOd that the invention is in no wise confined to pin-lieular design composed of letters, hut that any design, such as the triangular pieces 10, may he formed in precisely the some manner.

Noe vheo the article is to he applied to :1 piece, such as a handkerchief, towel or 1 ihc like, the eniln'oidery is set in the desired piece and, with. needle and thread, stitched on the piece, the thread prising through the openings or eyelets {9-9 or lib-11) e11 closed or formed by the thread loops 7--7. In the commercial article, as above indicated, these thread loops are very small and closely follow the contour of the decorative embroidery and, when properly attached to the piece to be decorated, are inconspicuous.

In the "form shown in d the embroidcry design and loops may e made substantially as heretofore described and the foundation 6 then removed by chemical or other treatment, so as to leave the loops attached to the embroidery and to each other. In

other respects the finished article will be the same as that heretofore described.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5, the decorative embroidery is applied to the foundation 12 and the foundation then cut, oil on a line slightly spaced from and closely ollo 'ing the contour of the embroidery design, leaving a narrow portion extending beyond and around the some. The outer edges of the foundation 12 are preferably bound, indicated at l3-13, to reinforce and strengthen it and prevent ravelin This marginal portion of the foundation material may then be stitched to the piece to be decorated in much the some manner as the loops heretofore described are stitched This form may be used when a reduced cost of manufacture is desired.

A decorative embroidery of the character described may be made with small loops or marginal attaching means, so that, when applied to the piece to be. decorated, it very closely approaches in. appearance embroiderin done inplace on the piece to be decorate The various forms of embroidery designs may be made by machinery relative- 1y cheaply and sold as articles of mnnnerce. Very attractive etlects may be produced by employing colored threads for stitching the decorative embroidery to thevpiece to be (lecorated. This stitching thread, for example, may be of such a shade as to match or contrast with the color scheme of the piece to be embroidered.

'While the invention has been described in great detail, I do not wish to be strictly limited to theiorms shown or to the method of producing the same described, since changes may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a decorative embroidery design having a central embroidered portion and a separately formed portion at the margin and closely followim the contour of the central cmbroidereil portion and )roviding means to be stitched to a piece to be decorated for attaching the embroidery design thereto.

2. As an article of manufacture, a decorative design embroidered on a foundation, and a series of thread loops extending: from and attached to said design, said series of thread loops being stitched to said foundation material and closely following, the contour of said design.

3. an article of manufacture, a decorative embroidery design having a central embroidered portion and a series of small eyelets formed at the margin thereof and cmscly following the contour of the dcsi n and adapted to be stitched to a piece to decorated.

4. As an article of manufacture, a decorative design embroidered on a foundation, a portion of the foundation extending beyond and around the design embroidered thereon and adapted to be stitched to a piece to be decorated, and reinforcing means following the contour of said design formed in and attached to said extending portion of the foundation.

5. The method of manufactmin; a decorative embroidery, comprising forming a series of inwardly extending U-shapcd thread loops outlining a predetermined design of decorative embroidery. and forming the embroidery over and attaching the some to the inner ends of said thread loops to tie the thread loops and embroidery design together.

(3. The method of manufacturing decorative embroidery, comprising forming a. parallel and spaced series of inwardly ex-' tending: U-shaped thread loops outlining a )redctermined design of decorative cmroidery and forming the embroidery in the space between said parallel series of loops, attaching the same to and closing the openings at the inner ends of the successive U-shaped loops, leaving a series of openings each enclosed by one of said loops.

ARTHUR BERGMAN. 

